LYNCH LAW IN TEXAS.; A White Man Shot to Death for Inciting a Negro to Murder.

DALLAS, Texas, May 23. -- At 4 o'clock this morning a mob of 500 white farmers from the Counties of Cass, Wood, and Smith stormed the jail at Tyler, Smith County, and shot William Jones, a well-known white man, to death in his cell. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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